Ed Donahue

Robert Joseph "Bobby" Bare, Sr. was born in Ironton, Ohio.

Bobby Bare was signed by musician Chet Atkins in 1962 to RCA Records
where he recorded the hit "500 Miles Away From Home” in 1963.

A #3 hit for Bobby in early 1965.

“Texarkana Baby” by Eddy Arnold (above) was the world’s first commercially
released 45 RPM record in 1949. At first each genre of music had it’s own
color of vinyl, Popular releases on standard black, Country were on green,
Children’s records were on yellow, R&B and Gospel were released on
orange vinyl and Classical singles used red vinyl. Eventually, RCA
soon ended it’s colored vinyl lines due to the production cost.

This Is Your FBI was a radio crime drama which aired in the on ABC from April 6,
1945 to January 30, 1953 for a total of 409 shows. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover
gave it his endorsement, calling it "the finest dramatic program on the air".

Stacy Harris played the lead role of fictional Special Agent Jim Taylor. Others in
the cast were William Conrad, Bea Benaderet and Jay C. Flippen.

This Is Your FBI was sponsored during its entire run by the Equitable Life
Assurance Society of the United States (now AXA Equitable Life Insurance
Company). The narrator was Frank Lovejoy early in the show’s run, then
Dean Carlton. The long running series also starred legendary actress, Betty
White.

Frank Lovejoy

Stacy Harris

Ross Simpson

Merle Ronald Haggard is 78 today.